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Notice: 15899966

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division:

South Florida Water Management District

Chapter:

CONSUMPTIVE USE

Overview

RULE:

40E-2.061	General Permits by Rule
40E-2.071	Noticed General Permits and Individual Permits
40E-2.091	Publications Incorporated by Reference

PURPOSE:

The District proposes to amend these rules in accordance with the biennial review contemplated by Section 120.74(1), Fla. Stat., to identify and correct deficiencies in its rules; clarify and simplify its rules; delete obsolete or unnecessary rules or delete rules that are redundant of statutes.

SUMMARY:

Rule 40E-2.061 is amended to include equivalent NAVD; Rule 40E-2.071 is corrected to include any connected canal systems that derive water supply from Canals C-23, C-24 or C-25, which is consistent with the Applicant’s Handbook for Water Use Permits; the Applicant’s Handbook for Water Use Permits incorporated by reference in Rule 40E-2.091 is amended to provide clarification from the recently adopted Consumptive Use Permitting Consistency rulemaking effort; incorporate specific sections of the Environmental Resource Permit Applicant’s Handbook Volume I; incorporate amendments to Chapter 62-416, F.A.C., that were adopted subsequent to the Consumptive Use Permitting Consistency rulemaking process; make permitting criteria for public water supply conservation plan consistent with associated permit conditions; provide additional clarity for dewatering uses and associated permit conditions; update statutory and rule references; update references to water use forms; and make other minor corrections.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

373.044, 373.113, 373.118, 373.171, 373.216, F.S.

LAW:

373.042, 373.0421, 373.083, 373.109, 373.118, 373.196, 373.219, 373.223, 373.224, 373.229, 373.232, 373.233, 373.236, 373.239, 373.250, F.S.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

5/26/2015 Vol. 41/101

COMMENTS:

From 5/26/2015 To 6/16/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

Ref-04373 62-40.416, F.A.C. (May 3, 2014)
Ref-04401 Applicant's Handbook for Water Use Permit Applications within the South Florida Water Management District - July 16, 2014

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